Dorothy Stratten Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Dorothy Stratten's story was brief, glorious and tragic. She was born Dorothy Ruth Hoogstraten on February 28, 1960 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She grew up in a rough neighborhood in Vancouver, but kept out of trouble and went through the motions of school. While not a beauty as a child, nor early teen, Stratten came into her own out of...
Canadian rocker Bryan Adams wrote a song dedicated to Dorothy: the poignant "The Best Was Yet to Come". It appears on his 1983 album "Cuts Like a Knife".
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Following her untimely death, she was interred at Westwood Memorial Park in Los Angeles, California, Section D, #170.
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On Stratten's Playmate data sheet, she listed her major turnoff as "jealous people".
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Snider hired a private detective to follow Stratten around after she moved into Peter Bogdanovich's Bel Air home.
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Born in a Salvation Army hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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The murder scene in Star 80 (1983), the film about her life and death, was filmed at the actual apartment where Dorothy died.
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The song written in Dorothy's honor is "Cover Girl" by Prism.
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Has become a minor cult figure with a few movies made about her life and even a song written about her.
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Bogdanovich married Dorothy's younger sister Louise Stratten.
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